tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82988530974568399192024-02-07T02:18:56.915-08:00Under The Door FramePlethora of poetry, pinches of essay, dash of memoir.Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-58933264570104353882011-05-10T04:48:00.000-07:002011-05-10T14:29:15.875-07:00The Birds<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The window was open a bit,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">like parted lips, and from its</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">mouth came songs to interrupt</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">my dreams.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was more than interruption.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was an integration of </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of mixed language and trills</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and dreamscape.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As if Hitchcock put sub-titles</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">underneath their chirps and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">squawks and whistles and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a foreign film rolled on.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The robins and the grackles</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">sub-titles started wriggling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">under them like worms </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">in the dirt.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“You know Grack, why is it</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">we have wings and we are</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">sent to the soil to get </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">breakfast?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I have, I’ve, I’ve, I’ve</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">gotten that conversation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reeling in my brain too.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Robin, oh, if I were a bird</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would fly away from here.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Sometimes I pretend I am</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a rabbit…hopping down here</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">from worm hole to worm </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">hole.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“ I I I feel the earth move</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">under my my my feet, I </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">feel the sky tumbling down,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a tumbling down.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Hey, get real, that’s </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">groceries you’re hoppin’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">past friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s see a </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">little neck action over there!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Now, now, don’t you you you</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">get a little feather bent over </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">feeding your little ones</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">second hand goods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">worms are are are gross </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">enough the first time.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Not the huge earth worms,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">hey watch this…”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was then I started to wake</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">when I saw the big </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">orange breast dip and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">yank an earth worm like</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">scarves from a sleeve.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pulling and pulling and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">pulling a gewy dirt soil</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">freckled beast and sucked</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">it in like linguini.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The robin</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">stood among the blades</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">perfectly still for 13 seconds</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and then cast the worm </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And there it lay, divided in</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">three equal sections </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">by square knots.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The robin said nothing,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">jutted out it’s chest </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and nodded and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ascended like a </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">harrier for a moment, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and then flew away.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The grackle stood<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">with its beak hanging open.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Well,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll, I’ll, I’ll be.”</span><br />
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</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-4905834622731830312011-05-03T19:17:00.000-07:002011-05-03T19:20:27.039-07:00Dropped(a recycled poem)<span lang="EN">I stumbled across a dropped call today.<br />
I picked it up and wondered what dangling conversation<br />
hung on its edges.<br />
Upon scanning the area along the side of Almena road<br />
I saw hundreds of fallen voices laying there.<br />
I had stepped all over them like so many worms<br />
On a rain soaked day.<br />
The flattened words lay dead, <br />
some hoping for a resurrection,<br />
and some wishing they had never been said.<br />
Idled words.<br />
Loving words with their passion subtracted.<br />
Crouching down, I started picking them up<br />
like loose change on car mats.<br />
I began to pile them my left palm. <br />
They became a pyramid of nouns, <br />
verbs, and adjectives grouted <br />
together by prepositions.<br />
Oh for a refrigerator to throw<br />
these on so I can order them like a shell game.<br />
Maybe there a chance I can put the sentences back together.<br />
Maybe there’s hope to text the best words<br />
with the purist of intentions to the expecting phones. <br />
Maybe I can stand in the gap where the cell towers <br />
wandered too far away from each other. <br />
I do hate to see words lying beside the road.</span><br />
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Had to go to the matresses today...time has dwindled to write lately. Peace to all who enter here.Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-59759856285108128422011-04-27T04:20:00.000-07:002011-04-27T04:20:24.661-07:00Luci's Shawl<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Prayers of thanks as I wrap </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the wholly crocheted words</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">around me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s cool in this writer’s </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">cave under the stairs.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your tight and lose knots</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">rest easy on my cold shoulders.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was back on May twentieth,</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">early in the morning that I </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">was invited into moving</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">words with needle swords.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You wield the points together, </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">changing the colors as needed</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">until floats cascade down </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">in mischief on the underside.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then flashing would rise like an </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Easter morning as you knot and </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">untie the fibers of vocabulary.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Any time I can pull out a poem</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of yours like a loose thread and </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">it unravels me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">In Honor of one of my favorites</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Luci Shaw </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-84754896055733494722011-04-24T05:34:00.000-07:002011-04-24T05:34:31.559-07:00<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3687" height="533" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/GregLaychak-1020675.jpg" width="800" /><br />
Leaning toward an <br />
outside line<br />
outside time<br />
<br />
a place where <br />
wheels roll not<br />
and white hair<br />
stays fresh from <br />
being done<br />
<br />
and visitations<br />
come as Alzheimer's<br />
disconnections<br />
grace her<br />
<br />
memories shuffled<br />
as she used to <br />
down the corridor<br />
<br />
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Photo by Greg Laychak<br />
Submitted for One Shoot SundayJerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-5707176575162381742011-04-23T07:05:00.000-07:002011-04-23T07:05:00.279-07:00Life Interred<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Before the inclusion wakes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I sit breathing, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ears open.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is silent </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saturday </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">when interred</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">life lies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><img class="sg_i" height="300" src="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=597483520487&id=e207072a9a278f7b089de3b3c8f27904&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.faithnform.com%2ffeatures%2f39_1_leech%2fleech_images%2fstation14.jpg" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 225px;" width="271" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A cardinal speaks louder</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">than words outside</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">my window.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A blood breast is all</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I look for, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-40077644188612652882011-04-17T05:27:00.000-07:002011-04-17T05:27:05.187-07:00Paddleboard<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3559" height="300" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1000057.jpg" width="400" /><br />
Every now and then<br />
it's good to bend a knee<br />
and point to the past.<br />
<br />
Every now and then<br />
a thin stone is all<br />
that separates us.<br />
<br />
Every now and then <br />
a cement paddle board<br />
is all that keeps us afloat.<br />
<br />
For then as now<br />
a life waked behind us<br />
and we lean in.<br />
<br />
For then as now<br />
the surf's up and we <br />
try to catch a current.<br />
<br />
For then as now<br />
a gift of flow has <br />
offered us a ride.<br />
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Photo used with permission by James Rainsford <br />
Poem submitted for Shoot SundayJerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-84066477505406312342011-04-16T05:46:00.000-07:002011-04-16T05:46:13.053-07:00Family Fusion<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1934288&id=1215963402" id="myphotolink"><img height="360" id="myphoto" src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/149264_1732791119026_1215963402_1934286_5336336_n.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
a dozen divergent possibilities<br />
descend upon me <br />
even now<br />
<br />
even now<br />
they upend me<br />
a dozen veins of vision<br />
<br />
<br />
blessings in their own right<br />
bring life in<br />
a minute<br />
<br />
a minute<br />
passes wonder <br />
around me pulses giving<br />
<br />
<br />
family is it's own grace<br />
God steps in time<br />
to appear<br />
<br />
to appear<br />
in relational cues<br />
a nuclear family fusionJerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-60223706856277244092011-04-12T13:13:00.000-07:002011-04-12T13:13:50.506-07:00Give Me A Bite Of That Apple<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">because I’m definitely outside the garden.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I’m out in the carb jungle and it shows.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Where can I buy fig leaves with spandex?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know why A and E hid.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know why I want to hide.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My pants don’t fit right, I mean, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I don’t mean to sag, that’s not how I </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">usually roll, but now I have a roll and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">it sags and my buttocks are packing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">their bags and heading northeast.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I used to have a button on my belly and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">now there’s just a button hole.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I have to think about how I tie my shoes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A short chair is best or</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I come up with no air in my chest.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hand me that apple so</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I can bite it to the core.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I’ll have it bronzed and stick it</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">on my dash to remind me </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">of my core within.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe an apple a day </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">will make my belly go away.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/new-OSW-logo-sm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQywAtpFAsFK87vHuDZ34Pcl-CXuwMHJKwd98eGMKd0ijtGHI2HiVq-a9T6dXnlhZVF34esiM77gUj_guBWkjYHTfqZ_74jTahsdeu5WzMkeZMRePxPfundcyaHUax9BgkXzCjkhHw-o/s128/New%20OSW%20logo.png" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-65991449380156876772011-04-10T05:22:00.000-07:002011-04-10T05:22:24.097-07:00What Goes Up<a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Picture-21.png" target="_blank"><img alt="*photo by Lauren Randolph" class="size-full wp-image-3047" height="266" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Picture-21.png" title="*photo by Lauren Randolph" width="400" /></a><br />
hold on tight<br />
to aire is human<br />
<br />
a cliche' dropping<br />
like a lead balloon <br />
<br />
no sense in riding the<br />
fence or being fenced in<br />
<br />
can't step on the crack when<br />
you rise above circumstance<br />
<br />
you didn't click your heels thrice<br />
shall I cut you loose to watch you<br />
<br />
fly the friendly skies to infinity and <br />
beyond what dreams may come in<br />
<br />
different shapes and sizes you up<br />
as head in the clouds oblivious<br />
<br />
walking on air you step down<br />
the stairway to heaven and <br />
<br />
catch your breath waiting<br />
to exhale a collapsed <br />
<br />
iron lung contraction<br />
if you only had a <br />
<br />
heart of stone &<br />
ruby slippers<br />
<br />
<br />
Photo by Lauren Randolph<br />
for One Shoot SundayJerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-43092733081930220022011-04-05T17:27:00.000-07:002011-04-05T17:30:00.540-07:00Real Time<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8061418&id=765453614" id="myphotolink"><img height="300" id="myphoto" src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/189041_10150161469373615_765453614_8105620_2793665_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That afternoon there were moments</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Time outs from speaking, breathing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All that surfaced was a ticking</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A tocking like a heartbeat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thump, thump, thump</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Like a metronome keeping pace</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And we submitted to it </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for what else was there</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There was no DVD</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">there was no DVR</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There was only us and him</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and thoughts and prayers floating</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He once again suspended future</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and past and invited<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>present </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oh what a gift it was</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">like eating breakfast on the beach</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">after a long arduous night</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and light came softly </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and spilled on us</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">through that window of</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">real time</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3290356&id=765453614" id="myphotolink"><img height="258" id="myphoto" src="http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/68256_10150100051518615_765453614_7268440_590240_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">For Dan Webb in the loss of his son. <br />
<img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="200" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/new-OSW-logo-1-243x300.png" width="162" /><br />
</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-69897122352836902172011-04-03T06:08:00.000-07:002011-04-03T06:08:05.165-07:00Ventrical Lenses<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2926" height="265" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/HeatherNelson_India_Hobson-321.jpg" width="400" /><br />
<br />
<br />
Beauty is fleeting<br />
a lens winks and <br />
sucks in an image<br />
and lays it down<br />
like oil on canvas<br />
<br />
and there you were<br />
holding, leaning into<br />
the future days where <br />
your beauty is sucked<br />
into your soul where<br />
it is destined to rest<br />
<br />
So the hours like <br />
lens' opening and <br />
blinking shut<br />
do their time as<br />
a heart's ventricular<br />
cadence shutters<br />
<br />
<br />
Photo by India Hobson, interviewed for One Shoot SundayJerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-34321753776434120252011-03-28T21:40:00.000-07:002011-03-29T18:28:04.864-07:00Camisole Stroll<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=521108&id=706362797" id="myphotolink"><img height="603" id="myphoto" src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v193/23/22/706362797/n706362797_521107_986.jpg" width="432" /></a><br />
Photo by Jessica Szopinski<br />
<br />
<br />
covered like a camisole<br />
the day hung on light and loosely <br />
<br />
I walked through with you<br />
our hearts decomposing<br />
<br />
and composting a path<br />
on which to lay our souls<br />
<br />
steps light as aire <br />
lent us bent on humid<br />
<br />
baselines from edge to edge<br />
and life lifted and burned<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Submitted to One Shot Poetry....<br />
<a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/new-OSW-logo-sm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQywAtpFAsFK87vHuDZ34Pcl-CXuwMHJKwd98eGMKd0ijtGHI2HiVq-a9T6dXnlhZVF34esiM77gUj_guBWkjYHTfqZ_74jTahsdeu5WzMkeZMRePxPfundcyaHUax9BgkXzCjkhHw-o/s128/New%20OSW%20logo.png" /></a>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-33672414011632187772011-03-28T05:58:00.000-07:002011-03-28T05:58:53.560-07:00Untitled<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2702" height="433" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/rog-picprompt.png" width="571" /><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These frozen brain waves</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">catching tides crystalline edges</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a hard death</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">cold enough to absorb sweat </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and tears</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and years</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">will melt with the remembering</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">synapses and synopsis’ of love</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">on cold fronts</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">frontal lobes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">laden with icicles</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">that hang like suspended drops</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of undone things</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">which brings</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">us cold on cold</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">together </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">on thoughts </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of melting </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">layers </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-72750873414493285432011-03-23T05:23:00.000-07:002011-03-23T08:54:49.501-07:00Sociopaths and Narcissists<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lewis made mention of the exceptions to those who strive to adhere to the laws of human nature.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do unto others as they do to you.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There ain’t no others, there is only you.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With a house full of kids, the beginning of Lewis’ chapter caught my attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those verbal exchanges happen every day in the kitchen, “living” room, bathroom, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Citations are given out daily from mother and father for infractions ad infinitum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife and I adopted children to add to our biological crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bios understand the laws of human nature and conscience is called up when they violate these natural laws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The adopted children, however, have undergone mom’s boot camp instruction for years now and have “talks” on a daily basis on how to do the right thing by others.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We, as parents, understand where these children come from…the abuse, neglect, abandonment…we know their stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems at times that their DNA is “every man for themselves”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even after years of the same discussion about the same issues they still often default into sociopathic or narcissistic tendencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fetal Alcohol Syndrome often gives us real life examples of a world without natural law as Lewis puts it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some have FAS but others only have attachment issues from neglect and abandonment which present in very interesting ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A liar would lie to get another liar in trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both are characterized by lying so the case is thrown out by consequences for both…which isn’t “fair” but telling the truth to own up to one own quilt and saving the other from loss of freedom is out of the question.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My wife could tell detailed events of perplexity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often when I return home she is emotionally exhausted from trying to instill the laws of human nature into our children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lewis indeed rang true in his opening chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was submitted to Between The Lines<a href="http://bit.ly/fqIJZ4">http://bit.ly/fqIJZ4</a> book reading. Mere Christianity is the current read. Comments are for chapter one.</span></div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-82124251469636118682011-03-20T05:40:00.000-07:002011-03-20T05:40:06.597-07:00If a Bird Speaks<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2565" height="484" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC_382021.jpg" width="501" /><br />
I like your sleeves,<br />
they're puffy.<br />
Your hat has the <br />
Wright idea.<br />
I am not looking<br />
down on you.<br />
Are bee hives<br />
a pain in the neck?<br />
If only times were<br />
different, the sparrows<br />
would build a nest<br />
in your beard.<br />
Don't worry,<br />
I just came to <br />
stretch a bit and<br />
leave you a little<br />
something.<br />
My friends told <br />
me about you<br />
how you were<br />
a watershed of <br />
religious history.<br />
You are like the <br />
peak of the church<br />
we usually perch<br />
on,<br />
and now you<br />
stand here and preach<br />
on.<br />
What's your name again?<br />
<br />
This is submitted for One Stop Poetry's One Shoot Sunday.<br />
Photoghraphy of James Rainsford.Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-87485533084671529852011-03-18T04:50:00.000-07:002011-03-18T04:50:40.460-07:00Why Did I Do You Like That?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My life in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BOLD</b> face</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">about face </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">in disgrace.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Weak willed and </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">succumbed to </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a stiletto wind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Every heel sometimes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">breaks off ingrate.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No initial pain</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of a sliver slice</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and blood hesitates</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">to flow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Before I know it</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a valentine trail</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">drips leaving evidence</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">to find my way home.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Platelet <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>crumbs of your heart. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095712283340612386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3QtU-llk4fCUssysh7ffvhWn7Sb1jfFh9wmWgiz04AiOoppJJ5QVdtpODoOtQcBMvIe5ySANulV138IB6kWmGQjSEeWAxz_HEAlofkzrbLIwh2O6GcMiQOAMt0Vb-mlJMKlZk6nBk323/s320/55fff.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-31515009361614400042011-03-13T06:21:00.000-07:002011-03-13T06:21:32.892-07:00Staying Kind of Love<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-2238 alignleft" height="600" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/IMG_0162.jpg" width="900" /><br />
<br />
trifecta of blue smoke<br />
gets in her blue eyes<br />
"if only" borne blue skies<br />
<br />
the sugeon general<br />
commands her attention<br />
but she has no retention<br />
<br />
her daughters inhaled<br />
into the social system<br />
match lit by father him<br />
<br />
love is a joke now<br />
a juggling of death sticks<br />
her prayers of lives quits<br />
<br />
i lied when i laughed<br />
i wanted to yank them out<br />
"it's not over" is what it's about<br />
<br />
you can still freedom choose<br />
gray face and gray sky<br />
a warm front comes on by<br />
<br />
bruises aren't to add color<br />
we both know a beaten wife<br />
is swollen from a cheated life<br />
<br />
the sticks bobble and <br />
gravity shakes em down<br />
hope "wraps you like a gown"<br />
<br />
let's get you inside <br />
do you see that it's never over<br />
pain comes when you're sober<br />
<br />
nerve endings of the soul<br />
they are friends enough<br />
to guide you through the rough<br />
<br />
i'll walk with you too<br />
out of pulses of the gray <br />
love will have a place to stay<br />
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This is for One Shoot Sunday highlighting the photography of Fee Easton.Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-84238057854360975812011-03-11T04:54:00.000-08:002011-03-11T05:01:38.188-08:00Trolling under the Fridge<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I moved the fridge out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s been a couple of months.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dust bunnies, like fog</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">blanket the odd lots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img class="sg_i" height="200" src="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=700789365973&id=a754dfe0f34620edae9279dabd3cf596&url=http%3a%2f%2f3.bp.blogspot.com%2f_DVWeRwaKTdo%2fSdLn0veU6xI%2fAAAAAAAAAUg%2f1HD1_1MvJ2Y%2fs400%2fDust%2bBunny%2b2.jpg" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 239px;" width="191" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cat toys,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Milk jug rings,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Number 2 pencils,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hairy dog kibbles,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dead bodies (army men),</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Magnets huddled together,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cap’n crunch berries,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matchbox cars,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Legos,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cheezits,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pretzels,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ornaments,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cookie sheet?,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AND tile flooring!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img class="sg_i" height="202" src="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=775323061508&id=7fbdff1a34cc143e8b43d164e350bb10&url=http%3a%2f%2f1.bp.blogspot.com%2f_QfpJbHIWxB0%2fS7BSooGIx-I%2fAAAAAAAAAdE%2fS0miLQXyODY%2fs1600%2fdustbunnies.jpg" style="height: 168px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This poem was a facebook inquiry yesterday...the answers to what one would find under the fridge are included above. Except those who only go under there when they buy a new refrigerator or wonder why anyone would clean under there. I am sure there are many other things you might have found under there...Well, sweep them into the comment section below.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy Friday everyone!</span><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095712283340612386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3QtU-llk4fCUssysh7ffvhWn7Sb1jfFh9wmWgiz04AiOoppJJ5QVdtpODoOtQcBMvIe5ySANulV138IB6kWmGQjSEeWAxz_HEAlofkzrbLIwh2O6GcMiQOAMt0Vb-mlJMKlZk6nBk323/s320/55fff.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-40282339647105584142011-03-08T19:48:00.000-08:002011-03-08T19:50:30.257-08:00Or WHAT!?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumb inl" height="113" id="t3902862" onclick="fsgo('','k0173114','CSP017','','',0,0,0);" src="http://photos2.fotosearch.com/bthumb/CSP/CSP017/k0173114.jpg" width="170" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chop sticks </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">chap stick?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><img alt="Chap Stick" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/chap-stick-thumb18514323.jpg" title="Chap Stick" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both touch the lips.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tube socks </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">tube steaks?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both retain water.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saxophone</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">phone sex?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both captive…ate.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bow Flex</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">flexing beau?</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both impress.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Violin</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lynn is vile?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both can squawk. </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Superman </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">rubber band?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both are a stretch.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gypsy queens</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Burger kings?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both are loosely royal.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Curtain call</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">certain fall</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both are taking bows.</span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Poetic justice</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">or </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">just a poet</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both are needful.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OneStop-WherePoetsWritersMeet/~3/T4oosnJdJBQ/one-shot-poetry-wednesday-celebrating-our-36th-week.html" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-OSW-logo-243x300.png" width="162" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-16277848511266074122011-03-07T19:11:00.000-08:002011-03-07T19:11:27.718-08:00That's Wurd<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Really, and spell check</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">underlined it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Which, by the way is </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the intent of the misspelling.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When, in the streets of</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the common, if it’s wurd,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">it’s an underlined truth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are hand gestures </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">that synchronize…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In sign language it’s a </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">double “I love you”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">tilted toward ones belly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is not a digestion of </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">meaning like:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Give me a word, any word,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and I will give you the Greek</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">root word.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No, it’s simply “wurd”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and when pulled from it’s </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">holster it pulls the trigger</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">on anything held in conversational</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">court in the streets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s approval in the jury of one’s peers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anything you say can and will</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">be held to affirm your </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">statement of personal opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So just say the Wurd.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m down with that.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-2371263510908260152011-03-06T04:36:00.000-08:002011-03-06T04:37:41.320-08:00Take Five<a href="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/image6.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-1954" height="462" src="http://onestoppoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/image6.jpg" title="image6" width="720" /></a><br />
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Stop staring, stop acting<br />
and get out there and make it real!<br />
Don't you see the curtain's up on your life!<br />
<br />
"All men die, few men truly live."<br />
<br />
"What we do today will echo in eternity."<br />
<br />
"To thine <u>own </u>self be true."<br />
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Go on, sell yourself, it won't cause death.<br />
<br />
We both know we ran this place into the ground<br />
and lost our souls...now all were left with is<br />
identity confusion.<br />
<br />
Go wait tables some where and remember<br />
your roots. Find the someone you were before<br />
all the make-up and masks. I will too.<br />
<br />
In the mean time Shakespeare<br />
will blow some wind<br />
through here and reset the place.<br />
<br />
I'll see you back here in five years.<br />
Maybe then we won't have to use<br />
this place like a controlled substance.<br />
Maybe then when we take off the makeup<br />
and the masks there will be an actor <br />
that looks like he took five.<br />
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Photo by Jacob F. Lucas. It's One Shoot Sunday at One Stop. Picture this.Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-31663071259882453662011-03-05T05:07:00.000-08:002011-03-05T05:07:20.190-08:00Shhh...listen.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The rain tapping on our van</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The cat strolling down the laminate</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The ice veneer on limbs cracking in the wind</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The dot dashing of chalk on a board</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The train howling over there somewhere</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Robins talk in the maple</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A line of geese returning on the distance</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whispers through the pines at attention</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Snow crunches its spirits up like fog</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The train wails in mourning as time passes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The furnace starts breathing again</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A child turns over in bed</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The garbage can flips its lid </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wheels on asphalt roll their sound</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The train waits at the station</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">with nothing to say</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">but hums </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">as it is loading </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">memory</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It will teach my children </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">to listen more attentively</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">when I am gone they </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">will recognize </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the important </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">memorial calls</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-76474315049741272392011-03-04T05:03:00.000-08:002011-03-04T05:03:10.844-08:00Schwarmerei<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a hand out to</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">dance hip-hop</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">in a German pub</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">with old men at their</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">stations leaning</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">into a very dark beer</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and smoke started </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">its movement<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with ours</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I flipped a guy’s hat off</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">while bumping my </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">frualine into a chair</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">we flipped the air</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and all the old men</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">did was stare </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This week on my word of the day e-mails was German words ...here's another.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stop by Mr. Knowitalls blog and try a 55. </span></div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-68868050672048165972011-03-03T04:54:00.000-08:002011-03-03T04:54:30.729-08:00Modifier Reductionism<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Juggler</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">balls</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cook</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">onions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Policeman</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ticket</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cow</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">moons</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rice</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">cake</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finger </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">nail</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parcel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">post</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bride</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">groom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tit </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">mice</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cowboy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">hat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Taxi</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">cab</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">………………..</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nouns</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div>Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298853097456839919.post-79796111684772419882011-03-01T19:07:00.000-08:002011-03-02T06:26:52.360-08:00Sitzfleisch<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Technically going round and round</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and sitting down. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Systematically deconstructing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and squeezing the mystery</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">out of a gnat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh, it’s all been said before</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">so they say to say it slant then.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Juggle some solid ideas</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and let one fall </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">now and again.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maybe it will bounce.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maybe it will break.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s tiring and boring </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to keep it all in the air anyway.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">De evolution ize.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Re revolution eyes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That wasn’t so bad.</span><br />
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